diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-main.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-main.c
index 435bde40f3611dea578944f6846467c965cff03e..b0c31789a9096b81e7188397cb9ae6e3017afff9 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-main.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl-afu-main.c
@@ -750,6 +750,12 @@ static long afu_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static const struct vm_operations_struct afu_vma_ops = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
+	.access = generic_access_phys,
+#endif
+};
+
 static int afu_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = filp->private_data;
@@ -779,6 +785,9 @@ static int afu_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	    !(region.flags & DFL_PORT_REGION_WRITE))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	/* Support debug access to the mapping */
+	vma->vm_ops = &afu_vma_ops;
+
 	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
 
 	return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,